In Massachusetts, the ecigarette tax initiative has been scrapped by the aides of Governor Deval Patrick. The decision to drop this initiative occurred when they gauged the political appetite of lawmakers and found that there is only limited interest that lawmakers could provide. Testing The Waters Officials of Patrick’s administration has been preoccupied during the previous weeks as they sought to determine if legislature members will approve or go along with the possibility of an ecigarette tax initiative. They particularly…